For teachers of English or other languages, and for students of English or other languages

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

1479. Speaking, speaking, speaking

Teacher B said to
teacher A, “Up to some extent speaking is the main language skill when learning
a foreign or second language.

Or if you prefer, up to some extent that skill
ought to be the mainly practiced skill.

You know a language when you can speak
fluently, I would dare say.

In classes of English both students and the teacher
should speak a lot.

First words, then sentences or phrases for instance as a
reply, and thirdly and pretty important, speaking for long more or less:
describing pictures, saying the meaning of a word, a spontaneous conversation
that comes up in class between the teacher and a student.” / Photo from:Family Meal Time. healthykidstoday org